Biography
Mark Butler has been the Labor Member for Port Adelaide and Hindmarsh in the Federal Parliament since 2007 and is the Minister for Health, Disability and Ageing.
Mark served as Minister for Ageing and Australia’s first Minister for Mental Health in the Gillard Government. He has also held the ministries of Housing, Homelessness, Social Inclusion, Climate Change, Water and the Environment.
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Government building Australia's future with more money for public hospital reform
The Australian Government is building Australia’s future and strengthening Medicare, delivering an additional $1.7 billion to fund public hospitals and health services next year.-
Television interview with Minister Butler on ABC Afternoon Briefing
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's interview on ABC Afternoon Briefing which covered more money for public hospitals, trans and gender diverse health guidelines and more. -
Cheaper medicine for lung cancer patients
The Australian Government is listing Retevmo® (selpercatinib) on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) for the first time to treat advanced or metastatic rearranged during transfection (RET) fusion-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). -
$20 million funding boost for childhood brain cancer research
The Australian Government is investing close to $20 million in funding for Australian researchers to support groundbreaking national research that will give new hope to Australian children, adolescents and young adults with childhood brain cancers, including Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG). -
Health care for trans and gender diverse Australian children and adolescents
The Australian Government believes in a strong health system for all Australians. -
Attracting more doctors to rural Queensland
The Australian and Queensland Governments are working together to deliver more doctors and better care to people in rural and regional areas of Queensland. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – press conference – 31 January 2025
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's joint press conference with the South Australian Minister for Health and Wellbeing, Chris Picton MP, and the South Australian Minister for Education, Blair Boyer MP, which covered vaping, nicotine pouches and tobacco. -
Minister for Health and Aged Care – second press conference – 31 January 2025
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's press conference which covered health care for trans and gender diverse children and adolescents, and botox. -
Pharmacy programs agreement consultation to start soon
Consultation for a pharmacy programs agreement will soon commence. -
Vaping rates falling among young Australians
As students around the country return to school for the new year, promising new data shows vape use among young Australians has significantly reduced thanks to Australia’s world leading vaping laws.